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Venus is believed to have more volcanoes than on any other planet in the solar system. And scientists now have'strong evidence' that some of these volcanoes are still active. Images from NASA's Magellan spacecraft show a vent, an area where volcanic activity occurs on the planet's surface, changing form over an eight-month cycle. According to researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the area had increased from 0.85 square miles (2.2 square km) to 1.5 square miles (3.9 square kilometers), indicating that volcano eruptions and lava flows on Venus are still underway. The finding has sparked questions about whether Earth's sister planet could support microbial life.